Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
TODAY IN CONTEXT: The Penny Retires Into History (& What That Means for Us)
TODAY IN CONTEXT BONUS: After more than 200 years in our pockets, cash drawers, and couch cushions, the U.S. penny has finally been retired. But endi…
5 months, 1 week ago
When Women Went to War: Women's Overseas Hospital
When World War I tore Europe apart, a group of American women refused to stay home. They built and ran the Women's Overseas Hospital on the front lin…
5 months, 1 week ago
See It OR Skip It: Nuremberg (2025)
In this BONUS episode of History Shorts: See It or Skip It, Peter takes the stand to judge one of 2025's most talked-about historical dramas, Nurembe…
5 months, 1 week ago
What Former U.S. Presidents Thought About the Civil War When It Was Happening
What happens when former U.S. Presidents live long enough to watch their country fall apart? During the Civil War, the men who once held the nation's…
5 months, 1 week ago
So, You Want To Become a Knight?
Behind the shining armor was a brutal path of training, loyalty, and sacrifice. From childhood pages to battlefield warriors, this History Shorts epi…
5 months, 1 week ago
See it OR Skip It: Netflix's 'Death By Lightning'
BONUS: Netflix's new hit series Death by Lightning dramatizes the shocking 1881 assassination of President James A. Garfield, but how much of it act…
5 months, 1 week ago
Marcus Aurelius: The Philosopher Emperor
In an empire of ambition and conquest, one man ruled with philosophy instead of fear. This History Shorts episode explores the life of Marcus Aureliu…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Economist Who Predicted World War II
At the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, a young economist named John Maynard Keynes saw what few others could, that the Treaty of Versailles was not peac…
5 months, 1 week ago
What Happened to Cleopatra's Kids?
After Cleopatra's fateful death, her children, once heirs to Egypt's greatest dynasty, were thrust into the heart of Rome's empire. This History Shor…
5 months, 1 week ago
Conversations: The Real Story of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, w/ Mark Lee Gardner
A native of Missouri, Mark Lee Gardner has researched and written about the American West since he was in high school. Mark, considered an authority …
5 months, 1 week ago